Harris McDowell III
{{short description|American politician from Delaware}}
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| name = Harris McDowell III
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| state_senate = Delaware
| district = 1st
| term_start = November 3, 1976
| term_end = November 4, 2020
| predecessor = Mike Castle
| successor = Sarah McBride
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|3|15}}
| birth_place = Middletown, Delaware, U.S.
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| party = Democratic
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| residence = Wilmington, Delaware
| alma_mater = University of Delaware
Georgetown University
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| serviceyears = 1960–1966
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Harris Brown McDowell III{{cite web |url=http://legis.delaware.gov/legislature.nsf/7f4f680c99e8e0d1852569c10055e9d4/5eb24f75db72ccf3852569d8005369eb |title=Senator Harris B. McDowell III |publisher=Delaware General Assembly |location=Dover, Delaware |access-date=November 15, 2013}} (born March 15, 1940) is a retired American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Delaware Senate from 1977 to 2021, representing the 1st district.{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5736 |title=Harris B. McDowell III's Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |access-date=November 15, 2013}} He attended the University of Delaware and Georgetown University, and is the son of former Delaware congressman Harris McDowell Jr.
Electoral history
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- 1976: When Republican Senator Mike Castle left the Senate district 1 seat open, McDowell won the 1976 Democratic primary and won the November 1976 general election with 5,806 votes (52.2%) against Republican nominee Kermit Justice.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1976.pdf |title=State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1976 |date=November 2, 1976 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |page=4 |access-date=November 15, 2013 |archive-date=May 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512034008/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1976.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- 1980: McDowell won the 1980 Democratic primary and won the November 1980 general election with 6,354 votes (56.4%) against Republican nominee Sandra Kaufmann.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1980.pdf |title=State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1980 |date=November 4, 1980 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |page=4 |access-date=November 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512034001/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1980.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }}
- 1982: McDowell won the 1982 Democratic primary and won the three-way November 1982 general election with 7,239 votes (62.5%) against Republican nominee Richard Bugbee and Libertarian candidate Susan Bissell.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1982.pdf |title=State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1982 |date=November 2, 1982 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |page=4 |access-date=November 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033956/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1982.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }}
- 1986: McDowell was unopposed for both the September 1986 Democratic primary and the November 1986 general election, winning with 5,946 votes.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1986.pdf |title=State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1986 |date=November 4, 1986 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |page=3 |access-date=November 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033948/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1986.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }}
- 1990: McDowell won the 1992 Democratic primary and won the November 1990 general election with 5,467 votes (59.2%) against Republican nominee Paul Parets.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1990.pdf |title=State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1990 |date=November 6, 1990 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |page=3 |access-date=November 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033940/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1990.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }}
- 1992: McDowell and Parets were both unopposed for their September 1992 primaries, setting up a rematch; McDowell won the November 1992 general election with 8,808 votes (63.5%) against Parets.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1992.pdf |title=State of Delaware 1992 General Election Results |date=November 3, 1992 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |page=2 |access-date=November 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033931/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1992.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }}
- 1996: McDowell won the September 1996 Democratic primary with 2,368 votes (66.2%) against Thornton Carroll,{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf |title=1996 Election Results |date=November 5, 1996 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |page=26 |access-date=November 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033926/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }} and won the November 1996 general election with 7,883 votes (61.6%) against Republican nominee Gary Linarducci.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf |title=1996 Election Results |date=November 5, 1996 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |page=3 |access-date=November 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033926/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }}
- 2000: McDowell was unopposed for the September 2000 Democratic primary and won the November 2000 general election with 8,970 votes (63.6%) against Republican nominee Lee Murphy.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect00/2000genofficial.shtml |title=State of Delaware General Election Official Results |date=November 7, 2000 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |access-date=November 15, 2013 |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112192402/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect00/2000genofficial.shtml |url-status=dead }}
- 2002: McDowell won the September 2002 Democratic primary with 1,388 votes (63.7%),{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect02/elect02_primary/elect02_primary_office.shtml |title=State of Delaware Primary Election Official Results |date=September 7, 2002 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |access-date=November 15, 2013}} again against his 1996 challenger Thornton Carroll. Lee Murphy was unopposed for his primary, setting up a rematch; McDowell won the November 2002 general election with 7,646 votes (64.1%) against Murphy.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect02/elect02_general/elect02_office.shtml |title=State of Delaware General Election Official Results |date=November 5, 2002 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |access-date=November 15, 2013 |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112192209/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect02/elect02_general/elect02_office.shtml |url-status=dead }}
- 2006: McDowell won the four-way September 2006 Democratic primary with 1,477 votes (49.5%) against a field that included Charles Potter Jr. and Thornton Carroll, his challenger from 1996 and 2002.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect06/elect06_primary/elect06_primary_office.shtml |title=State of Delaware Primary Election Official Results |date=September 12, 2006 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |access-date=November 15, 2013}} McDowell won the three-way November 2006 general election with 8,300 votes (64.6%) against Republican nominee Gregory Chambers and Independent candidate Tyler Nixon.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect06/elect06_general/html/elect06_general_office.shtml |title=State of Delaware General Election Official Results |date=November 7, 2006 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |access-date=November 15, 2013 |archive-date=May 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528184435/https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect06/elect06_general/html/elect06_general_office.shtml |url-status=dead }}
- 2010: McDowell was unopposed for both the September 2010 Democratic primary and the November 2010 general election, winning with 11,862 votes.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect10/elect10_General/html/election.shtml |title=State of Delaware General Election Official Results |date=November 2, 2010 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |access-date=November 15, 2013 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175242/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect10/elect10_General/html/election.shtml |url-status=dead }}
- 2012: McDowell won the three-way September 2012 Democratic primary with 2,342 votes (52.2%) against former state representative David Brady and another challenger.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_Primary/html/election.shtml |title=State of Delaware Primary Election Official Results |date=September 11, 2012 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |access-date=November 15, 2013 |archive-date=November 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106172641/https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_Primary/html/election.shtml |url-status=dead }} McDowell won the three-way November 2012 general election with 15,155 votes (85.3%) against Independent candidate Robert Clark and Libertarian candidate Brian Lintz.{{cite web |url=http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_general/html/election.shtml |title=State of Delaware General Election Official Results |date=November 6, 2012 |publisher=Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location=Dover, Delaware |access-date=November 15, 2013 |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103114518/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_general/html/election.shtml |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{official website |url=http://legis.delaware.gov/LegislatorDetail?personId=133 |name=Legislator Detail}} at the Delaware General Assembly
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Category:Democratic Party Delaware state senators
Category:Georgetown University alumni
Category:Democratic Party members of the Delaware House of Representatives
Category:People from Middletown, Delaware
Category:Politicians from Wilmington, Delaware
Category:University of Delaware alumni
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